IPAA OGIS New York Conference April 2012 Terry Barr, CEO
COMPANY SUMMARY Key Statistics Market Capitalization(1) US208 MM Debt(2) Zero Shares Outstanding (6) 87.51 MM (99.9 MM diluted) Average Daily Trading Volume(3) 0.8 Million shares ASX: SSN Average Daily Trading Value(3) US1.9…
MANAGEMENT TEAM Years Terry Barr Petroleum Geologist. 35 Chief Executive Officer Cooper Basin Exploration Manager for Santos. Discovered and developed significant volumes of tight gas and oil. ASX: SSN Experienced in start…
PROJECT LOCATIONS North Stockyard Project Williston Roosevelt Project Basin Greater Green River Basin ASX: SSN D-J Basin Hawk Springs Project NYSE: SSN Western State GC Oil Field Permian Basin Gulf Coast Basin…
CORE PROJECTS: EARLY MOVER INTO OIL PLAYS Exploration Strategy Generates Highest Upside and Returns Drilled first Halliburton JV well; 288 BOPD established Niobrara Oil Shale 18,000 net acres Hawk Springs Project 50 net unrisked…
ACREAGE SUMMARY & RESOURCE POTENTIAL *Resource Net *Net (2) *EUR (3) Net to Type Acres Wells (BOE) SSN(4) (MMBO) Niobrara Operated 18,000 56 300,000 16.9 Permian/Pennsylvanian Operated 10,000 250 200,000 50.0 ASX: SSN…
NORTH STOCKYARD FIELD NORTH DAKOTA BAKKEN
STRATEGIC RATIONALE, NTH. STOCKYARD FIELD Primary production and cash flow engine North Stockyard Field Lower risk infill drilling ASX: SSN Upside from Three Forks NYSE: SSN Activity 4 infill wells in 2012* 2 infill…
STRATEGIC RATIONALE, ROOSEVELT PROJECT Increase operatorship in premier oil play Roosevelt Project Control costs Control pace ASX: SSN Partnership with Tribal Company funded by Quantum NYSE: SSN 1 billion potential*…
ROOSEVELT PROJECT, DRILLING PROGRAM Australia II Well completed, frac complete, running production tubing and then flow back will be underway. Gretel II Well has been flowed back and recovered 12,000 ASX: SSN barrels of water…
BAKKEN PETROLEUM SYSTEM Modeled Vitrinite Reflectance Nesson Anticline North Stockyard Parshall-Sanish Roosevelt Project 0.9 ASX: SSN 0.8 0.7 LEGEND Samson Acreage NYSE: SSN 0.6 STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS Oil…
LEASING PROGRAM 20,283 acres acquired. Subject to a buy back election by the vendor. Leasing and optioned acres will result in the ASX: SSN acquisition of a total gross of 53,000 acres. Samsons net acres after the vendor…
ROOSEVELT PROJECT WILLISTON BASIN Next steps Bakken Observe flow back from both Australia II and Gretel II Full time new build skiddable rig Work from known productive locations ASX: SSN Drill 4 wells per 1280 acre standup…
FORT PECK COMMUNITY RELATIONS Samson regular visitor to Tribal Executive Board meetings. Has held a community Town Hall meeting to discuss current and future operations plans on the reservation, and to create an open forum for…
TRIBAL MEMBERS FOLLOWING THE BLESSING CEREMONY ASX: SSN NYSE: SSN 22
HAWK SPRINGS PROJECT DJ BASIN (WYOMING) NIOBRARA
STRATEGIC RATIONALE, HAWK SPRINGS PROJECT Emerging oil play Low entry costs Hawk Springs Project Two opportunities ASX: SSN Horizontal Niobrara Initial result (288 BOPD) encouraging Vr data suggest that source NYSE: SSN…
HAWK SPRINGS PROJECT D-J BASIN DJ Basin prolific at several stratigraphic levels Including the Niobrara at the Silo Field Samsons Samsons acreage ASX: SSN 18,000 acres strategically located on a resistivity anomaly Bounded…
DEFENDER WELL Defender drilled a pilot hole and cored the Niobrara Then drilled a 4,500 foot lateral in the Niobrara Placed 3 million pounds of proppant in a 15 stage plug and perf lateral ASX: SSN Initial pump installed was…
DJ BASIN ACTIVITY Samson OG SSN 2011: 6 Wells permitted, 2 wells drilled SSN DVN 18,000 acres 63 square miles of 3D in 2010 RKI: Permitted 4, Drilled 2 First horizontal test August 2011 Samson acreage surrounded by CHK CHK:…
HAWK SPRINGS PROJECT D-J BASIN Next steps Niobrara Observe next 20 days production Halliburton to elect second well or not by April 31st If yes Samson fully carried ASX: SSN If no Samson will determine second well or not…
FINANCIAL OVERVIEW
PROJECT TIMELINE Drilling Program to Appraise, Evaluate and Grow Oil Prospects Q112 Q212 Q312 Q412 Hawk Springs Niobrara Evaluate Defender Well ASX: SSN Roosevelt Project Bakken Drill and Evaluate Appraisal Wells North…
CAPITAL PLAN-2012 CALENDAR YEAR 28.0 MM Drilling Budget Targeted to High-Impact Oil Projects Allocated to Oil Projects Focused on Drilling ASX: SSN Montana Acreage North Bakken and Stockyard, (Roosevelt Seismic, 10.0 , 36%…
CAPITAL STRUCTURE ALIGNED WITH STRATEGY Zero Debt Debt Adverse Strong Liquidity with US42 MM cash at December 31, 2011 ASX: SSN NYSE: SSN 32
UPSIDE CASE *Net Resource *NPV(2) *NAV per share (3) Potential (1 ) Hawk Springs 16.9 MMBO 337 million 3.38 Niobrara Hawks Springs 50.0 MMBO 1,000 million 10.02 ASX: SSN Permian Roosevelt Bakken 32.8 MMBO 656 million 6.58…
Cautionary Note In our presentation of the Upside Case, we have provided estimates of our estimated unproved resources, which include our future drilling inventory, and which are different than reserves as defined by the SEC. These…
WHY SAMSON Transformational period underway Growing oil production through the drillbit Four major oil projects with stream of upcoming catalysts As operator of 3 of our 4 major projects, we control development pace Experienced…